Daily
news - 16th October 2018

Prescription drugs pregabalin and gabapentin are to be reclassified as class C controlled substances from next April, the government announced today (15 October) | Home Office and Victoria Atkins MP, UK

This report provides examples of local, national and international research projects in addition to news about our education programmes [inlcuidng those relating to drug use such as, Drug Related Deaths Monitoring across Merseyside Building family health and Drink Less Enjoy More: a multi-component approach to addressing the sale of alcohol to drunks] | PHI, UK

Smoking-related lung cancer rates are expected to drop dramatically over the next 50 years, but lung cancer will continue to be a significant health problem in the United States, says a University of Michigan researcher | Medical Xpress, USA

The debate over journalists’ language on drug use was reignited by a recent email from New York Times standards editor Phillip B. Corbett. It defends the preference for descriptors like “addict” over “person-first” language that avoids reducing people to their drug use | Filter Magazine, USA

Canada will end its pot prohibition Wednesday with the goals of curbing the black market and use by youth, amid concerns around the public health and safety merits of legalization | Medical Xpress, USA

Common household products containing ethanol found dumped in a popular Palmerston walkway have raised questions about the retail sector's approach to the regulation of alcohol sales in the NT | abc.net.au, Australia

At a cursory glance, criminalising possession of drugs for personal use seems to make sense – after all, surely drugs are dangerous and ruin lives, and the prospect of receiving criminal sanctions for having them can act as a stern deterrent | Independent opinion, Ireland

Weed, spliff, cannabis, joint, blunt, Mary Jane, ganja, reefer, marijuana, pot: no matter what you call it, it is almost legal in Canada. Many will benefit from the new right to grow, sell or smoke legally and freely | Conversation, Canada

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